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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Folic Acid

Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons....*

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Respond.^
Make strong bones Prevent birth defects Prevent high bp Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,367 648 19.9 18.0-21.9 1,978 56.7 54.4-59.0 133 5.1 4.0- 6.4 608 18.3 16.6-20.1
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 87 24 23.3 15.0-34.5 47 58.5 46.3-69.8 3 3.5 1.1-10.8 13 14.7 7.9-25.7
GENDER
Male 23 7 27.5 12.8-49.5 10 50.2 29.1-71.3 1 3.2 0.4-19.8 5 19.1 7.8-39.8
Female 64 17 21.4 12.2-34.7 37 62.5 47.7-75.2 2 3.7 0.9-14.4 8 12.5 5.2-27.1
RACE
White 49 14 26.0 14.6-41.7 26 56.4 40.3-71.2 1 1.8 0.3-12.0 8 15.9 7.1-31.7
Other 38 10 20.0 9.7-36.8 21 61.2 42.6-77.1 2 5.7 1.3-21.3 5 13.1 4.8-31.1
AGE
18-44 86 23 23.0 14.6-34.2 47 58.8 46.5-70.1 3 3.5 1.1-10.9 13 14.7 7.9-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 10 21.6 10.4-39.5 19 60.2 41.1-76.7 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 6 16.2 6.5-35.2
Some College + 50 14 25.3 14.2-40.8 28 58.6 42.6-73.0 2 4.8 1.2-17.8 6 11.4 4.3-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 18 27.9 16.5-43.1 29 55.4 39.8-70.0 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 7 15.3 6.8-30.9
$50,000+ 22 4 19.9 7.5-43.2 13 61.4 38.3-80.3 2 11.6 2.8-37.1 3 7.1 1.7-25.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being between ages 18 and 44.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


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